Pedro Yang

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Yang and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.
Pedro Yang
Medal record
Men's Badminton
Competitor for  Guatemala
Pan American Games
Silver 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles
Bronze 1999 Winnipeg Singles
Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Singles
Bronze 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold 2006 Cartagena Doubles
Silver 2006 Cartagena Mixed Team
Bronze 2006 Cartagena Singles
Gold 2010 Mayagüez Team
Silver 2010 Mayagüez Singles

Pedro Alejandro Yang Ruiz (born October 9, 1976) is a male badminton player from Guatemala.

Biography

Pedro Yang at the Pan American Games in Rio 2007

Yang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Jim Ronny Andersen of Norway.

He moved to Denmark at the age of 24 and started training at the International Badminton Academy (IBA). Yang has won a gold medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador and bronze medals at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada and the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Pedro Yang was appointed to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission in 2008.

Pedro Yang is today a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.

Degrees


BA with Honours in Business Administration (Strategy & Management, De Montfort University, UK. 2008
Marketing Management Degree, Niels Brock College Copenhagen, DK. 2006

References